Jonathan's Birthday

Jonathan's birthday was yesterday. We spent the morning around the house, then drove to theh hospital to pick up some doxycycline (to prevent Lyme disease from the deer tick Jon picked up on his hike on Tuesday in the Adirondacks). He bought some flip-flops and we browsed at the bookstore at Stuyvesant plaza. Then we headed to Cambridge, NY to spend the evening with Geoff and Christine Hoffer and their sons Matthew and Maxwell. Cambridge is one of our favorite places. The Hoffers own a beautiful Greek-revival mansion right on Main Street which they have turned into an inn (www.ricemansioninn.com).

The kids always have fun playing, and Christine made a fabulous dinner. We got to stay in the "Trial Gardens" room. I made homemade cake with Grandma Annie's pudding for the top. Today the balloon flight was cancelled because of crazy weather. We were going to float down the Battenkill river but it was a little breezy and cold so we had a picnic along the Hudson and watched the boats in the locks.